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The University of Pennsylvania (commonly known as Penn [note 3] or UPenn [note 4]) is a private Ivy League research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.It is one of nine colonial colleges and was chartered prior to the U.S. Declaration of Independence when Benjamin Franklin, the university's founder and first president, advocated for an educational institution that trained ...
Of presidents since 1960, only Ronald Reagan and (in interim results) Barack Obama placed in the top ten; Obama was the highest-ranked president since Harry Truman (1945–1953). Most of the other recent presidents held middling positions, though George W. Bush placed in the bottom ten, the lowest-ranked president since Warren Harding (1921 ...
Pennsylvania Secretary of Property and Supplies (1957–1960) [citation needed] William J. Brennan Jr. Associate justice, US Supreme Court (1956-1990) [citation needed] Herbert B. Cohen: Judge [111] [112] Ron Dermer: Israeli ambassador to the United States (2013-2021) [citation needed] Pridiyathorn Devakula: Governor of the Central Bank of Thailand
From its earliest days, the University of Pennsylvania has prepared teachers to lead the schools of the country. This was a primary purpose of Benjamin Franklin's Public Academy of Philadelphia, and it has continued to influence the work of the University throughout its history. Education classes were first held at Penn in 1893, and a ...
Jay Parkash Yadav (born January 1, 1964) is Vice-Chancellor, Indira Gandhi University, Rewari since April 3, 2022 to April, 2025. [1] He is an Indian biologist and professor of genetics best known for his research on genetics. He was awarded Prof. R.P. Roy Young Scientist by Society of Cytology and Genetics, India. [2]
The University of Pennsylvania Health System (UPHS) is a major multi-hospital health system headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. UPHS and the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania together comprise Penn Medicine , a clinical and research entity of the University of Pennsylvania .
The Penn Quakers football program is the college football team at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. The Penn Quakers have competed in the Ivy League since its inaugural season of 1956, and are a Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Penn's first game was ...
Abhay Ashtekar, professor of physics and Director of the Institute for Gravitational Physics and Geometry at Pennsylvania State University; Satya N. Atluri, Presidential Chair and University Distinguished Professor Texas Tech University, Recipient, Padma Bhushan in Science and Engineering in 2013 from the President of India